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The world's weirdest festivals

Räbechilbi Turnip Festival, Switzerland Turnips are no longer the ugly sister to sexier vegetables like asparagus and long-stem broccoli. Each November, on the second Saturday after Hallowe'en, some 30,000 kg of the humble root vegetable are carved, illuminated and hung as decorations on the houses of Richterswil village, on Lake Zurich. A parade of floats, each festooned with carved vegetables and carrying animals and musicians, makes its way through the streets after nightfall.